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Episode 1: A pivotal role in the household

Marie-France, has lost her voice and can only move a jaw muscle, but still plays a pivotal role in the household thanks to assistive technology.

Marie-France has lost her voice and can only move a jaw muscle because of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Motor Neurone Disease (MND) or Lou Gherigs Disease. In this 4 minute video she shows how, with a single switch and AssistiveWare's Proloquo, KeyStrokes and SwitchXS software, she accesses her Apple PowerBook computer and communicates with others. She explains how she continues to perform a pivotal role in the household by doing the shopping, managing the bank accounts and even designing her own web site. Marie-France lives in Paris, France.

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Episode 2: Everything I can't do in the real world I can do with my Mac

Joe Barnick was born with spinal muscular atrophy and cannot use a keyboard or mouse, yet thanks to assistive technology he can use his computer to do all those things he cannot do in real life.

Joe Barnick was born with spinal muscular atrophy. In this 3.5 minute video he shows how, with an adapted trackball and AssistiveWare's KeyStrokes on-screen keyboard, he is able to do all those things with his computer that he cannot do in the real world. He explains how he uses his computer to design and edit the AssistiveWare Newsletter with Adobe InDesign, write college papers in Word, chat with family and friends with iChat, and buys exotic ingredients and Japanese anime figures on the internet. Joe Barnick lives in Charlton, NY, United States of America.

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